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Leopold.Oostersch,1/70,Kunera Pers,1925

28pp., number 21 of 70 copies (50 for De Vereeniging der Vyftig, this for J.P.Fokker) on Batchelor handmade paper, printed in red, blue and black in Disteltype, title and initials by J.F. van Royen, prospectus loosely inserted at end, bound in limp vellum "prepared from the skin of a female ass", spine titled in gilt, uncut, modern cloth slip-case, 240 x 170mm., The Hague, Kunera Pers, 1925 with Roland Holst (Adrian) Over den Dichter Leopold, 72pp., one of 320 copies, printed in red, blue and black, wood-engraved title-vignette by Henri Jonas, light offsetting, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards by Jan Wansink, spine gilt, g.e., spine slightly rubbed, 195 x 122mm., Maastricht, Leiter-Nypels, 1926, 4to & 8vo(2)

***A fine copy of the first and rarest of the Kunera Pers publications. Van Royen had taken plenty of time to secure typographic perfection for his debut. .

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